Welcome to Garfield ...

Garfield is located in Rensselaer County<1>.

The location of Garfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garfield, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Garfield is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Garfield lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Garfield is located in the (518) area code.

Websites for Garfield ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.renscochamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Garfield, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Garfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Garfield - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Garfield.

Communities near Garfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Garfield.

• Troy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
• Pittsfield
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
  • Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
• North Adams
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
  • North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
• Rensselaer
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
  • Rensselaer is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,142 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer <4>
• Adams
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
  • Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
• Williamstown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
• Dalton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dalton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
  • Dalton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
• Lee
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Lee is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
• Lenox
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
  • Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
• Menands
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menands
  • Menands is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menands <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Garfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Garfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Garfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Garfield. See our Newspapers Page for Garfield.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garfield ...

Looking for more information about Garfield? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Garfield, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Garfield.

Adding Garfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Garfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Garfield was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Garfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rensselaer County: www.rensco.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/